Friends

 We all have them. I've had good friends, fair-weather friends,call you when I have nothing- better- to- do friends and true friends. It's the last type thats hard to find and even harder to hold on to. Not long ago I realized what a good friend is willing to do to be a friend. This friend went above and beyond the call of duty. She called in the troops and organized a plan of action to benefit me and my family. She took over my house, my cooking, my laundry and even my dogs. She made sure my WHOLE family was fed, cared for, loved, wearing clean clothes and had a welcoming shoulder to cry on. (And cry on it I did!) She lost sleep, she lost time, she even missed work for me.
Now some of you would ask "what kind of person does that?"
In the book of John scripture says this "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
No my friend didn't die for me. But she did put her life on hold just to make sure i was OK.
So who have you been a friend to lately? I often think I cannot measure up to what MY friend did for me. What I DO hope is that I would recognize WHEN she needs me to go to bat for her.
She will start a new job this week, something I like to call an adventure. And I will be right there cheering her on and encouraging her at every turn. And IF just IF I can be half the encouragement she was to me just when I really needed it then I am willing and ready.
So I guess it's really up to us as to what kind of friend we are willing to be. I have a long way to go in that department. I'm not always the friend I should be.The good news is that there is always time to change that if your heart is willing. As I close out this post I have to thank that my precious friend for always loving me, protecting me, wanting the best for me and always being there for me. So...thank you Spammie. You are the Thelma of my Louise, the Ethel of my Lucy and one of the best gifts God EVER gave me. I love your guts!
Go call a friend, you won't be sorry. And that's what I've learned along the way....